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A history of the protection of regional cultural minorities in Europe : from the Edict of Nantes to the present day

Title
A history of the protection of regional cultural minorities in Europe : from the Edict of Nantes to the present day / Antony Alcock.
Author
Alcock, Antony Evelyn.
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press ; London : Macmillan, 2000.

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Description
xi, 279 pages : maps; 23 cm
Subject
  • Minorities > Europe > History
  • Minorities > History. > Europe
  • Self-determination, National > Europe > History
  • Europe > Ethnic relations
  • Europe > Government policy
  • Europe > Autonomy and independence movements
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.
Contents
  • 1. Protection of Minorities in Europe before the First World War. From the Edict of Nantes to the French Revolution. From the French Revolution to the First World War. Analysis of measures for the protection of minorities in Eastern Europe. Self-determination. Effects of the Industrial Revolution -- 2. Into the Night - Minorities between the Wars. The Paris Peace Conference. Advanced attempts to solve minority problems. Preparing for trouble. Issues in the League system of minority protection. Analysis of the League system of minority protection -- 3. The Second World War - and After, 1939-47. Territorial changes and population movements. From League of Nations of United Nations. The Austro-Italian Agreement on South Tyrol -- 4. Heads (Mostly) in the Sand, 1948-72. The United Nations. The first ten years. The Council of Europe. Collapse -- 5. Renaissance in the West, 1972-99. Introduction. Developments in states. International organisations -- 6. Eastern Europe.
  • Introduction. The CSCE/OSCE. Individual minority problems -- 7. No Lessons Learned. Western Europe: freedom of movement versus defence of the homeland. Southern and Eastern Europe: ethnic cleansing. App. 1. Linguistic and Religious Minorities in Europe -- App. 2. Accessions to the Council of Europe's European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (1992) and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (1994) -- Maps of Minorities.
ISBN
  • 0312235569 (cloth)
  • 0333652614
LCCN
00030889
OCLC
  • ocm43945245
  • SCSB-4006706
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries